Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 481

The Education (Prescribed Courses of Higher Education) (Wales) Regulations 1993

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1993 No. 481

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Education (Prescribed Courses of Higher Education) (Wales) Regulations 1993

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 65(2)(c) and 89(4) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992^[1] the Secretary of State for Wales hereby makes the following Regulations:

    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Prescribed Courses of Higher Education) (Wales) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

    2.—(1)  In these Regulations—

"the 1988 Act" means the Education Reform Act 1988^[2];


"the 1992 Act" means the Further and Higher Education Act 1992;


"block release" and "day release" have the same meanings as in paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the 1992 Act;


"course providing education at a higher level" is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the 1988 Act;


"institution within the further education sector" has the same meaning as in section 91(3) of the 1992 Act;


"professional examination at a higher level" has the same meaning as in paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the 1988 Act;


"recognised award" has the same meaning as in section 214(2)(a) and (b) of the 1988 Act;


"relevant institution" means an institution maintained or assisted by a local education authority, or an institution within the further education sector;


"sandwich course" has the same meaning as in paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the 1992 Act.

    (2)  For the purposes of these Regulations a course does not cease to be a prescribed course of higher education merely because persons enrolled to take part in it include persons who study otherwise than by the mode of attendance described in the Schedule to these Regulations.

    3.    The courses of higher education set out in the Schedule to these Regulations, when provided by relevant institutions in Wales, are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 65(2)(c) of the 1992 Act.

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

25th February 1993

[1] 1992 c. 13; for the expression "prescribed" see section 90(5) of that Act and section 114 of the Education Act 1944 (c. 31) and for the transfer of functions ot the Secretary of State see S.I. 1964/490, 1970/1536 and 1978/274. back

[2] 1988 c. 40. back

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